Instacart · 1 month ago
Senior Machine Learning Engineer II - AI Special Projects
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$237K/yr - $263K/yrInstacart is transforming the grocery industry by leveraging AI to enhance customer experiences. As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer II on the AI Special Projects team, you will lead the development of innovative AI solutions and mentor team members to drive significant business outcomes.
Delivery ServiceE-CommerceGroceryShopping
Responsibilities
Build the team vision: Partner with cross-functional leaders to define key business challenges and design AI-first solutions that unlock substantial value for customers and stakeholders
Drive hands-on execution: Lead the development of personalized content and recommendation systems by leveraging a mix of generative and traditional machine learning architectures to drive core business outcomes
Deploy AI systems at scale: Drive end-to-end software development, including building ML services, agentic workflows, managing experiment lifecycles, and deploying production-ready AI solutions at scale
Innovate: Stay at the cutting edge of AI innovation by conducting literature reviews and exploring novel paradigms in recommendation systems (RecSys). Identify opportunities for customization and apply these advancements to meet Instacart’s unique needs
Elevate the team: Mentor and guide junior team members, fostering learning, engagement, and technical growth within the team
Qualification
Required
Expertise in Generative AI technologies, including prompt engineering, model fine-tuning, and familiarity with emerging AI trends and AIQA processes
Strong background in traditional machine learning and deep learning fundamentals, with hands-on experience building efficient models using frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow
Professional software development skills, including building data pipelines (SQL/Spark), managing CI/CD workflows, and deploying models into production environments
Product-focused mindset with a bias for action and proven ability to define and solve complex business problems through cross-functional collaboration
Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and translate technical insights into actionable business strategies
An innovation-driven mindset, rooted in curiosity and a passion for pushing the boundaries of applied AI
Preferred
Experience building scalable ranking and recommendation systems
Application of ML models within an e-commerce environment
Cloud infrastructure expertise (e.g., AWS, GCP), particularly in managing large GPU workloads for training and inference
Demonstrated success as a technical leader, with the proven ability to guide teams toward strategic, high-impact outcomes
Technical influence evidenced by contributions to blogs, published papers, or industry thought leadership
Benefits
New hire equity grant
Annual refresh grants
Highly market-competitive compensation and benefits
Company
Instacart
Instacart is an online grocery platform that offers same-day delivery and pickup services for retailers and consumers.
Founded in 2012
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (156)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.92BKey Investors
T. Rowe PriceTiger Global ManagementD1 Capital Partners
2023-09-19IPO
2021-11-01Private Equity· $232M
2021-09-05Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Chris Rogers
Chief Executive Officer
Brandon Leonardo
Co-Founder
Recent News
2026-01-09
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